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We Are Data Security Sinners. Will GDPR Make Us Repent?

Washington DC | By Wayan Vota on April 21, 2018 | Comments Off on We Are Data Security Sinners. Will GDPR Make Us Repent?

The General Data Protection Regulation is coming on May 25th and you should be worried. If you operate in the EU or focus on EU-based clients, then the sweeping new data protection law will apply to you, with multi-million dollar fines per violation. It mandates that we will need to be clear and concise about…
How to Use Digital Identity for Social Good in International Development

London | By Guest Writer on April 12, 2018 | Comments Off on How to Use Digital Identity for Social Good in International Development

According to World Bank estimates, about 1.1 billion people lack formal identification. Digital identity and access systems can unlock a range of services for individuals, including financial inclusion, healthcare and education. Equally, they hold significant promise for helping refugees and displaced populations access services. On the other side, digital identity can become a way to discriminate…

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  Generative AI (GenAI) models like DALL-E and ChatGPT showcase the creativity and utility of AI. Yet these tools – which can generate realistic image, audio and video simulations at scale and then personalize this content – have serious implications for how much people trust the information they see and hear. Civil society organizations are highly…
  
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  Meaningful Participation and Accountability is Possible in AI
  
  The release of ChatGPT and similar chatbots like Google’s Bard and Anthropic’s Claude has re-ignited the discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) in social, work, financial, health, education, law, and most other spheres. A common challenge with these and other AI and machine learning (ML) systems is their lack of transparency and accountability. Algorithms decide what we…
  
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